Build a Startup with Karachi's Top Pre-Seed Accelerator. Founder Institute Applications Open

Today, the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Karachi - Pakistan 2024 program!

If you could use a structured process and support from Karachi's top investors and entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Karachi - Pakistan 2024 Founder Institute today.

Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the devoted support network and structured growth process needed to get to traction and funding. Since 2009, the program has helped over 7,000 Alumni raise over $1.75BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.

To celebrate the launch, we will host several free startup events in Karachi, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:

How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 10:00pm, May 29, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345503
Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Jun 03, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/343436
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 10:00pm, Jun 12, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345632
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00pm, Jun 17, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/339909
How to Take a Value Proposition to Finding Product Market Fit: 10:00pm, Jun 24, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/341441
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00pm, Jun 26, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345664
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00am, Jul 02, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/340220
How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 10:00pm, Jul 03, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345696
How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 10:00pm, Jul 08, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344404
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00pm, Jul 17, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345744
How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 10:00pm, Jul 24, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345757
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 10:00pm, Jul 29, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/341655
How to Achieve a Product-Market Fit: 10:00pm, Aug 07, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/347141
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Aug 12, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344096
The Startup Founders’ Guide to Building AI Products Quickly & Easily : 10:00pm, Aug 14, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/347944
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00pm, Sep 16, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/342353
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00pm, Sep 23, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/343541
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00pm, Sep 25, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344293
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00pm, Oct 02, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/342038
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Oct 30, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344593

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The Karachi program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Eram Abbasi (Director, Center For Entrepreneurship & Innovation Development, DHA Suffa University), Saira Qayyum (CEO, Dream Factory), Sayyed Ahmad Masud (CEO, Change Mechanics Pvt Ltd), Umair Sheikh (Founder & CEO, Arazi Ventures Ltd.).

In addition, some of Karachi's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating in the program, providing them with expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the Karachi Founder Institute includes:

And many more to be announced.

The Founder Institute focuses on helping tech or tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed stage, including both solo-founders and teams. This includes established businesses that are pre-funding and traction, MVP and prototype-stage projects, and even part-time founders with just ideas. FI's mission is to create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.